Notice: Mangaung Ready for Action Packed Weekend

The city of Mangaung is ready to host revellers for the 20th installment of Macufe. The festival has become eagerly anticipated, not only by Free State music and culture lovers, but followers throughout the continent.

Other than being the biggest gathering that celebrates music, arts and culture, Macufe also contributes towards the city’s tourism revenue as well as local economic development. Through the SMME sub-directorate, Mangaung Metro has put in action the Macufe 2017 Informal Trading Plan, which sought to ensure that local small businesses have a piece of the Macufe pie in this event attracting thousands of ‘out-of towners’.

After a call for applications to trade at the various Macufe events, the unit received a sizeable amount of applications from small businesses in all our regions. Eligible participants started trading on the first day of the festival, from selling food to exhibitions.

The provincial joint operation centre (Prov JOC) consisting of all security agencies is sitting daily. This includes Mangaung Metro’s Disaster Management Committee. These structures have started rolling out their plans, and these services will be rendered until the last day of Macufe activities.

As the city we have augmented our resources in anticipation of high volume of people who will be flooding the city for Macufe festivities and other sporting events like cricket (Proteas vs Bangladesh Test) and rugby (Cheetahs vs Blue Bulls; Cheetahs vs Glasgow Warriors).

Mangaung Metro’s plan to regulate traffic:

Friday, 06 October 2017 – Cricket, Rugby and Divas Festival

The following roads will be closed from 06H00 on Friday, 06 October 2017:

Att Horak & First Avenue

Att Horak & Betogers east

Parkweg & Betogers

Mahungra – no road closures; but there will be high visibility of traffic officers.

There will also be high visibility at popular nightlife places such as K-la-K, Thoughts Lounge, Setjhaba and Street Corner; as well as roads around Ramblers Club for Pop Bottles on Sunday.

Saturday, 07 October – Main Festival – Rose Garden

The entire Free State Stadium and Rose Garden precinct will be a traffic-free zone and surrounding roads will be closed as follows:

Kingsway between Zola Budd and Loch Logan Waterfront entrance

Kingsway and Parfitt Avenue

Zola Budd and Att Horak

Sunday, 08 October – Sparta Macufe Cup

The following roads to the Free State Stadium will be closed from 06H00 AM until the match is over:

Att Horak & First Avenue

Att Horak & Betogers east

Parkweg & Betogers

Bloemfontein Zoo operations

The Bloemfontein Zoo today hosted a successful Macufe School Holiday programme in partnership with Charmza Literary Club for children between the ages of five and 15. The day’s activities included storytelling, puppetry, indigenous games and educational talks on snakes. The programme concludes tomorrow, resuming from 10H00 to allow zoo-keepers time to feed animals and clean cages. Entrance fees are R17 per child and R32 per adult.

The Zoo will be closed on Saturday 07 October due to the closure of the roads in the area. It will return to normal operating hours on Sunday.

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Executive Mayor Cllr Olly Mlamleli

Citizen-Centric Government

Our LOGO with Three Pillars and their respective Curves and Lines provides a reference to the City Skyline and Historical Architecture. The future is our Metropolitan City.

The Left ORANGE Pillar indicates Inspiration – Mangaung is both Changeable and Adaptable. The color of thought represents social communication and is therefore stimulating two way conversations. It aids in the assimilation of new ideas and frees the spirit of its limitations, giving us the freedom to be ourselves. At the same time it encourages self-respect and respect for others. It serves to be a warm and inviting color that is both physically and mentally stimulating to get people thinking and talking.

The BLACK Centre Pillar with Line indicates the Centrality – Mangaung is rooted as being in the Centre of South Africa. The color of authority represents strength, seriousness, power, authority and stability. It is a formal, elegant, authoritative and prestigious color that evokes strong ambitions. It’s precense creates a boosting confidence and also contributes by increasing the sense of potential and possibility.

The GREEN Right Pillar with Curve Line indicates Growth – Mangaung is growing towards a Future of Citizen-Centric Government. The color of life represents renewal, nature, energy and is part of growth, harmony, freshness, safety, fertility and the environment. It has healing power and is restful, relaxing and can help enhance vision and endurance. It is also responsible for attributes that brings hope, health, adventure, renewal, self-control, compassion and harmony.

Incorporation of Soutpan, Dewetsdorp, Van Stadensrus & Wepener

We now have a total of 7 Official Cities / Towns / Establishments in our Mangaung Metro Community and Welcome all Citizens to ‘AT THE HEART OF IT ALL’

With Bloemfontein, Botshabelo & Thaba Nchu already part of our Metro, the following Towns/Settlements are now incorporated into the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality after the Municipal Elections of 3 August 2016.

We are incorporating all relevant information from different sources onto this Website, please feel free to send an e-mail if you do not find what you are looking for on this New Official Mangaung Metropolitan Website.

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This Manual has been compiled by the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (hereafter “the Municipality”) in terms of the provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No 2 of 2000) (hereafter “the Information Act”) with the object to give effect to the constitutional right of access to information, and it will apply to all records of the Municipality as defined in the Information Act.